Today was meant to be another wet day, so I decided to go to the Museum of Flight near the office. Actually, its going to start raining tonight; it was a really nice day in the end.
It reminded me a lot about my experiences at the Smithsonian, where facts are slightly stretched or ignored to make way for American Grandeur. I don't wish to have a rant about the inaccuracies now, so I'll put that in another post. Though I did find it amusing that on the flagpoles outside the museum they had a Scottish Flag, and a Union Flag that was upside down.
Driving back to the apartment I realised the true scale of Halloween in America. What seemed like every child in the Pacific Northwest filled the streets, in costume, going from shop to shop collecting "candy". It was very similar to how I picture VE Day. Though I still struggle to see what a fairy has to do with Halloween. I can see how it could be scary if a hairy, obese American dressed as one, but not a 6 year old girl. This got me quite concerned about the number of kids that might be banging on my door, so when I got home I grabbed a book (BGA Instructors Manual) and sat in Starbucks until it shut. Ironically the girls working there had chosen to do the shift for exactly the same reasons. They were saying that Seattle is "tame" compared to San Francisco or Texas. I dread to think what that's like.
Note to the general population of America: You take Halloween FAR to seriously.
Though I've had a sudden realisation, what am I going to do on Friday?
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